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Breathtaking spy plane footage.
wimp.com ^ | 11/27/09 | wimp.com

Posted on 11/27/2009 4:32:05 AM PST by Doogle

..pretty cool clip


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: dragonlady; spyplane
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To: alfa6

Thanks for that alfa.

I wish they had shown more of the landing though. Thats the tricky bit.


41 posted on 11/27/2009 6:30:50 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: VaRepublican
"The only thing air is good for is to breath."

It's pretty handy for keeping a parachute inflated, too...;-)


42 posted on 11/27/2009 6:35:15 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: All

The Skunkworks is a gift that just keep on giving.


43 posted on 11/27/2009 6:37:17 AM PST by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: mylife

ALERT...SHUTTLE LANDING NOW!!!...FOX


44 posted on 11/27/2009 6:37:39 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

Thanks. I actually saw one land at Edwards once.


45 posted on 11/27/2009 6:39:12 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Doogle

Ping


46 posted on 11/27/2009 6:42:58 AM PST by politicalmerc (Washington DC Tea Party? What Tea Party? Who are all these people Michelle....?)
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To: Doogle

Flaring at 250 mph!


47 posted on 11/27/2009 6:44:45 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Doogle

Funny, the shuttle will retire before the Dragonlady does.


48 posted on 11/27/2009 6:50:25 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
we'll have to see what the next generation looks like...
49 posted on 11/27/2009 6:53:45 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: RetroSexual
Thank goodness for Kelly Johnson. He was a national treasure.
50 posted on 11/27/2009 6:57:25 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. V for victory)
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51 posted on 11/27/2009 7:14:16 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Doogle

God bless Kelly Johnson!


52 posted on 11/27/2009 7:19:54 AM PST by Clay Moore (Obama: A good example of why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: mylife

Glad ya got the ping:-)

Have a great weekend while I is here slaving away at work today

At least I is workin

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


53 posted on 11/27/2009 7:20:26 AM PST by alfa6
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To: alfa6

Working is a good thing LoL


54 posted on 11/27/2009 7:29:56 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Doogle
I saw this and the entire program on BBC America as what I think is a series (Armstrong and then Apollo Wives) on the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11. I thought that this program was very well done with interviews of Alan Bean - Apollo 12 - Nov.'69 and Harrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - Dec.'72. FYI: James May is one of the 3 co-hosts of the marvelous Top Gear auto program on BBC America AND is a licensed private pilot.

Another FYI: The Bill Rutan / Paul Allen / Richard Branson Collaboration of SpaceshipOne made astronaut altitude in Oct. 2004 with a Second Sub-Orbital flight of 111.996 kilometres (69.591 mi / 367k feet) with their test pilot, Brian Binnie, thus winning the Ansari X Prize and giving Mr. Binnie and Mike Melvill (Previous flight of Sep.29th, 2004) FAA civilian astronaut badges.

55 posted on 11/27/2009 7:42:31 AM PST by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: mylife

Well the infernal revenuers will enjoy my next check more than I will I’m afraid

Back to the salt mines I must go, Hope to make it to the Canteen tonight

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


56 posted on 11/27/2009 7:47:14 AM PST by alfa6
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To: SkyDancer; Victoria Delsoul; Bender2; lysie; kassie; Jemian; MozartLover; Miss Marple; Neets; ...
This is outstanding.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

57 posted on 11/27/2009 8:47:14 AM PST by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: amom

mark


58 posted on 11/27/2009 9:09:51 AM PST by amom
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To: Bad Jack Bauer
"the most thrilling 4 minutes of my life were on my wedding night, much to my bride's disappointment"

You gotta pace yourself, dude. Think about baseball or something...

59 posted on 11/27/2009 9:14:03 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Daffynition

There is a SR-71 at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson Ks. Awesome bird.

They had to build the building around the bird and make the building so that if the AF wanted it back they could take apart the building and get it.


60 posted on 11/27/2009 9:14:50 AM PST by Rightly Biased (If Clinton was the first black president then Obama is the first black Jesus.)
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